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There are approximately 6,337 people named Brain in the UK. That makes it the 1,665th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 100 are named Brain.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English


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The Brain surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

BRAYNE. BRAIN. BRAINE. Mad, furious, from A- Sax. bnuian, to burn. Jamieson.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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